Letter: Repeal automatic gas tax hikes

Monday

Jul 7, 2014 at 4:09 PM

I was pleased to hear that the question to repeal automatic gas tax hikes will be on the ballot next November. I consider it an outrage that the legislature linked the gas tax to inflation, especially since Massachusetts is the birthplace of the Revolution, which started due to taxation without representation.

I was pleased to hear that the question to repeal automatic gas tax hikes will be on the ballot next November. I consider it an outrage that the legislature linked the gas tax to inflation, especially since Massachusetts is the birthplace of the Revolution, which started due to taxation without representation.

In the next few months, you will hear people falsely claim that our roads and bridges will crumble if the repeal goes through. They are not telling you the truth. Repealing the automatic part of the gas tax just means that the Legislature will have to do its job every year and actually vote if they want to raise the gas tax. The Democrats on Beacon Hill want to keep raising your taxes without having to vote on it. That is the height of cowardice.

Please remember the Spirit of 1776 and what those brave men and women fought and died for. I hope people will join me in November and vote to repeal the automatic gas tax hikes.